{"id":7897,"date":"2026-04-27T13:23:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/7897\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:23:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:23:03","slug":"germany-holds-worlds-second-largest-gold-reserve-calls-grow-to-sell-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/7897\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany holds world\u2019s second-largest gold reserve: Calls grow to sell assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" alt=\"Germany holds world\u2019s second-largest gold reserve: Calls grow to sell assets\" title=\"Germany holds world\u2019s second-largest gold reserve: Calls grow to sell assets\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1366x768-cmsv2-96b88e6b-b68e-5d72-b6be-56b897de34a3-9630971-1777295617.webp\" data-rjs=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: The Associated Press<\/p>\n<p> Germany currently holds the world\u2019s second-largest gold reserve, totaling approximately 3,350 tonnes valued at roughly $240 billion. <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">\u00a0As the country faces significant budget deficits and economic stagnation, a growing debate has emerged regarding whether the government should sell a portion of these assets,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a> reports, citing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2026\/04\/27\/germany-has-worlds-second-biggest-gold-reserve-time-to-cash-it-in\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Euro News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Proponents of the idea suggest that cashing in some of the gold could provide a much-needed financial boost for infrastructure, technology, and climate initiatives without increasing national debt.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">However, the Bundesbank and many economists remain cautious, arguing that the gold reserves serve as a vital &#8220;anchor of confidence&#8221; for the Euro and a safeguard against extreme financial crises. Critics of the sale warn that liquidating such a strategic asset could undermine Germany&#8217;s long-term financial stability and international credit standing. While the debate intensifies amid fiscal constraints, the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/elon-musk-launches-xchat-on-ios-as-privacy-focused-whatsapp-rival\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">German<\/a> government has not yet made any official move to begin selling the reserves, maintaining the gold&#8217;s status as a critical component of the nation&#8217;s wealth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"by-user\" href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/journalists\/leyla-sirinova\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">By Leyla  \u015eirinova<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: The Associated Press Germany currently holds the world\u2019s second-largest gold reserve, totaling approximately 3,350 tonnes valued at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7864,7865,7867,464,5,558,7866],"class_list":["post-7897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-germany","tag-debt","tag-euro","tag-financial-crises","tag-german-government","tag-germany","tag-gold","tag-gold-reserve"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}